A learner at LingQ was having difficulty understanding Russian even when he was able to understand individual words. He just found the overall meaning often difficult to grasp. He decided to "park" his Russian and move on to Spanish instead, which...

Evgueny, one of my Russian tutors at LingQ, and I, have started a series of discussions on Russia, in Russian. This material is for our Library at LingQ, and so I try to keep my comments (full of errors) to a minimum, mostly a few questions here a...

Russian is an international language, used in the post-Soviet space as a lingua franca. Russia has rich literature, and has demonstrated genius and excellence in science, music, dance, and many other fields. Perhaps this genius and striving for pe...

English is the dominant world language today. The French sometimes promote French as an alternative international language, and historically it was prominent in Europe and today we find it in Africa and North America as well as Europe. Spanish and...

In three days I am leaving for Europe. One day in Berlin, two days in Riga, on business, and then roughly two weeks in Russia as the reward for my Russian learning. I will spend one week in St. Petersburg, and then one week in Moscow. My only goal...

I may be going to Russia and so have to fill out a visa application form. Here are just some of the questions. I am not making this up. Father's full name, Mother's full name, Itinerary,places of visit. List all the countries you have visited in t...

Just for those people who do not yet know about the avatars at LingQ, I am posting a short video about my own Russian avatar to let you know what they look like. If you want to see the avatars for my other language, where I have been less active, ...